Improvement in hoods for fire-places



I -H. OLAYTO1I. Hood for Fire-Places.

No. 208,569, 4 Patented Oct. 1, 1878,;

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HERBERT CLAYTON, OF LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY.

IMPROVEMENT IN HOODS FOR FIRE-PLACES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 208,569, dated October1, 1878; application filed March 29, 1878.

To a1 1 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERBERT CLAYTON, of Lexington, in the county ofFayette and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Heat-Reflectors and Hoods for Fire-Places; and Idohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact, descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit pertains to make and use it, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, which form part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in heat-reflectors and hoods fortire-places, and is intended as an improvement upon the patent grantedto me on August 28, 1877, N 0. 194,649; and it consists in thearrangement and combination of parts that will be more fully describedhereinafter.

Figure 1 represents a vertical view of two fire-places placed back toback, having the reflectors in different positions. Fig. 2 is a planview of one of the reflectors. Figs. 3 and 4 are detail views.

a represents an ordinary fire-place, which is provided with agrate-front in the usual manner, the top of the grate-front being eitherround or square, as may be preferred. Where the top is made square thereflectors will be made straight upon their tops and have their endsbent sharply down; and where the gratefront is arched the reflector willbe made in one continuous curve, so as to conform thereto, as shown.

The reflector is secured to the grate-front by means of the slotted hookd, which is adjustably attached to the under side of the reflector e bymeans of a small screw-bolt and clamping-screw, h, which hook securelysupports the reflector in position. The hook at is made slotted, so thatit can be adjusted back and forth upon the part c, which always remainsin contact with the grate-front while the hook is beingadjusted intoposition.

Upon each end of the reflector is formed a ring or loop, 11, into whichis fastened a small hook, l, the inner ends of which hooks catch insideof the grate-front, and thus hold the ends of the reflector securely inplace.

Through the reflector 6, near each end, is

cut a slot, 12, down through which slots pass the large ends of thehooks r, which catch over the inside edges oi the central piece 19 ofthe reflector. By means of these slots and large-headed hooks the endsof the piece 10 can be drawn outward, while the center edge is heldstationary, and thus the reflector can be opened upward and outward intothe room, so as to reflect the heat outward at any desired angle. Acrossthe center of this central piece 19 is made a slot, 1, up through whichpasses any suitable device for securing the hood to thereto. This devicefor securing the hood to the reflector may be of any suitableconstruction that Will allow the hood to be moved in and out, as shown.

In each end of the central piece 19 is cut a short vertical slot,through which passes a hook or catch, '0, from the hood, which serves toconnect the ends of the hood to the central piece 19, as shown. When thehood is pulled outward its two ends move upward at the same time thatits central edge moves forward and downward.

When it is desired to reflect the heat outward in the apartment the endsof the central piece 19 will be moved outward to any desired degree, soas to reflect the heat at any elevation that may be preferred.

In case the fire-place should be smoky, and the draft insuflicient tocause a proper combustion, both the central piece 12 and the hood willbe drawn outward, as shown in the righthand side of Fig. 1, therebycausing sufficient drait to carry the smoke quickly upward h gh thechimney.

When it is not desired to use the hood it may be pushed backward underthe central piece p,so as to be entirely out of the way. As the threepieces which form my reflector and hood have bright polished surfacesupon their under sides, the heat will be reflected outward into theroom, so as to make the heating capacity of the grate not only muchlarger, but to prevent smoke, heat. and ashes from ris ing up about themantel-piece.

In Fig. 5 is shown a diiferent arrangement of parts. \Vhere the chimneyis constantly smoking and a permanent hood is necessary, the parts arereversed,so that the piece 19 will come in contact with the grate-front,and the piece 6 will be outside. The piece 0 will then form a hood, asshown.

Having thus described my invention, I claim 1. The combination of thereflector 0, slot.- ted adjustable hook d, and a clamping device,whereby the reflector is held in place, substantially as shown.

2. The reflector 0, provided with the slotted adjustable hook (I and asuitable clampingscrew, 11, for securing it at its center, incombination with the loops i and books 1, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination of the central piece 1), permanently fastened to thepart c at its center, and provided with the hooks or buttons 1 1", withthe reflector 0, having the slots n and hood 11, having the books '12 tocatch in the slots in the lower ends of the piece, and acatch to moveback and forth in the slot 2, substantially as specified.

4. The combination of the central piece 11, having a slot, 1, across itscenter and a slot; in each end, with the hood u and books 11,substantially as shown.

In testimony that, I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my handthis 29th day of March, 1878.

HERBERT CLAYTON.

\Vitnesscs:

Rom. M. BARR, J. W. FILLING.

